A widely held perception is that smart buildings are cost-effective only for large commercial properties of over 100,000 square feet. But through a recent project the Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee (MAAC), a San Diego County non-profit that supplies life-changing services to individuals and families, has found a quick and easy way to save energy and money at its San Marcos Head Start Center.

Last summer, I was in the throes of planning for my first baby. While many women might spend the later months in pregnancy picking nursery colors or buying tiny clothes, I was researching connected baby monitors.

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Workplace tropes frequently peg the office watercooler as the unofficial meeting place where people congregate to gossip or commiserate while staying hydrated in the corporate world’s climate-controlled environs. But imagine a future where that watercooler does more than just dispense liquid—what if it could connect to a network and become “smart?”

I’m old enough to remember a time when the decision to travel to some distant place was, pretty much without exception, followed immediately by deciding which travel agent to call. Try mentioning that to a millennial and see what reaction you get. Crickets.

The way we work together in teams is changing. Collaboration has always been a part of work, but today it’s both harder and more important than ever. More and more teams today include workers who are geographically dispersed or work remotely, and more and more projects involve freelancers or contract workers who set their own schedules and rarely come into the office.

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HEROIC.com, provider of enterprise credential stuffing protection, today announced the release of EPIC, an enterprise-focused solution that empowers security professionals to discover, remediate and prevent credential stuffing, the unauthorized use of stolen login credentials in targeted attacks. With EPIC, organizations can now know where and when employee and customer logins are compromised online.

u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global leader in wireless and positioning modules and chips, today announced certification of its SARA-R410M module on AT&T's LTE-M network to support a broad spectrum of IoT applications, such as utility meters, telematics, asset & vehicle tracking, security systems, building automation, as well as smart lighting solutions and parking sensors.

A widely held perception is that smart buildings are cost-effective only for large commercial properties of over 100,000 square feet. But through a recent project the Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee (MAAC), a San Diego County non-profit that supplies life-changing services to individuals and families, has found a quick and easy way to save energy and money at its San Marcos Head Start Center.

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the expansion of its popular RX65N/RX651 Group of microcontroller (MCU) lineup that addresses advanced security needs for connected devices operating in industrial automation, building automation, and smart metering systems.

Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, is expanding Industrial IoT connectivity with a significant breakthrough in wireless engineering – the industry’s first IoT module to provide global connectivity on 12 LTE bands plus, 3G and 2G cellular coverage all from a single device.